Publius Ostorius Scapula

Publius Ostorius Scapula (died 52 AD) was Governor of Roman Britain from 47 to 52 AD, succeeding Aulus Plautius and preceding Aulus Didius Gallus.

Biography
Publius Ostorius Scapula was the son of the Roman general Quintus Ostorius Scapula, and he served as suffect consul in 46 AD; a year later, Emperor Claudius appointed him the second Governor of Roman Britain. Immediately after Scapula's arrival, the emboldened Britons staged a revolt under Caratacus, and Scapula responded by demanding the disarmament of all Britons east of the Rivers Trent and Severn. Ostorius quelled an Iceni uprising at Stonea in Cambridgeshire when they objected to his plan, and he later campaigned in North Wales and Cheshire in 48 AD, only withdrawing when the Brigantes rose up against his rule. He quickly subdued the Brigantes, and he initiated Romanization in southern England by founding Britain's first veteran colony, Camulodunum (Colchester) and establishing a city at Verulamium (St. Albans). In 51 AD, at Caersws, Ostrious finally forced Caratacus into open conflict and defeated him in a decisive battle along the Sevren, crushing the Brythonic rebellion. Scapula was honored with triumphal insignia, but the Welsh Britons continued to threaten Roman rule. He died in 52 AD and was buried at Clawdd Coch in Glamorgan.